Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

My company is a system integrator in Brazil, and we are also a partner. We mainly use it for SD-WAN purposes. It is being used in the public sector and the commercial sector.

In terms of deployment, some customers deploy it on-premises, and some customers deploy it on the cloud.

The inspection and web security features are most valuable.

In Brazil, the main problem that we have is related to the protection from various attacks and ransomware in the public sector and the commercial sector. The main focus in Brazil is to deploy a solution to counter-attack ransomware and other attacks.

There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios. 

I would rate it a 10 out of 10.

I use Fortinet FortiGate for my customers to have a secure network.

The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration.

Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate for approximately two years.

I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be stable.

Fortinet FortiGate is scalable.

The technical support from Fortinet FortiGate is good.

I have used Cisco solutions previously.

Fortinet FortiGate is simple to implement. We have five engineers and five analysts that do the implementation and maintenance of the solution.

The price of Fortinet FortiGate could improve, it is expensive.

Overall Fortinet FortiGate is a good solution.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate an eight out of ten.

I primarily use this solution for external security of our network.

We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days. 

We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platform and the Apple Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a Apple Mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved.

Almost two years.

Fortigate has more than adequate capability to cope with everything we require for the foreseeable future. 

The support is very good, and we have had no issues. 

Previously had a SonicWall. Even allowing for an upgrade discount on the SonicWall, the FortiGate was a more compelling purchase.

It was fairly straightforward. 

• Security
• Monitoring and controlling
• VPN
• Active Directory integration
• Servers
• All components related to an enterprise environment.

We replaced Sophos with FortiGate and found it better than the Sophos product. It has better control, insights, and prevention from crypto malware and other threats.

The most valuable features are centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances so we can have control over public and private Infrastructure.

Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products are future proof and offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability.

IT is continuously evolving, and every few days or months, there is something new. Whoever evolves first will take the lead over the competition. Adopting and evolving is the key to success.

These products are solid and stable.

We have not had any issues with scalability.

Our experience with support has been fine. No trouble or hassle.

Sophos: It was good for small businesses, who are evolving and improving. Though, I found Cisco Meraki to be much better.

Part of the setup was straightforward and other parts were complex. They need to work on feature placements and menus.

We did the implementation through a vendor, who had good experience.

Two to three years, depending on usage type, number of users, and organizational size.

Yes, we did, Palo Alto and other solutions, but we found FortiGate to be the best solution at that point in time.

We are a sister company of Fortinet FortiGate. Our organization has more than 3,000 users.

I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate for twelve years.

Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution.

This solution is very scalable.

Prior to choosing Fortinet FortiGate you should make sure you select the right box. Be sure of the capacity and have a capacity plan before installation. I suggest you do a failover and redundant together, compact boxes together.

I would rate this solution an 8 out of 10.

We use this firewall as part of our security solution.

The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration.

There are a lot of known issues in some newer versions of the FortiGate operating system, so there is room for improvement with that. One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support.

Having the newer features work in the older, more stable versions of the product would be great. Some of the new features might really help a lot, but there are problems with stability.

I have been working with FortiGate for approximately two years.

There are a lot of new features built into newer releases, but there are not very stable. 

The Fortinet technical support is awesome. They're handling my problem quickly and doing it well.

The price is okay.

I have compared solutions from other vendors including Palo Alto.

This is a good product, however, there is always room for improvement.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Firewall/Web Filter management. We have over 30 sites, and it is imperative that one person (myself) can plan, implement, and deploy these devices to our sites and manage them when finished.

Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter. 

The web filtering was the most valuable, because at a school board, we need to make sure the students are not tying up our bandwidth and also to keep the bad guys out.

One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering. Each manufacturer has their own way of filtering and each one needs improvement in categories, URL, and/or application filtering.

We saved a bundle by not needing all the past appliances from an NGFW.